{"id":848,"date":"2015-06-09T07:36:06","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T07:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floorsofstone.co.uk\/blog\/?p=848"},"modified":"2017-01-17T10:44:38","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T10:44:38","slug":"inverness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/inverness\/","title":{"rendered":"Inverness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Floors of Stone not only am I lucky enough to work in a lovely historic building, but I am also lucky enough to be good friends with my colleagues too. Me and Tom decided to go on an adventure to Inverness. Tom&#8217;s Mum grew up in Inverness and my Dad&#8217;s from Aberdeen so it seemed like a good place to get to our roots.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Inverness1.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/inverness\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Inverness1.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/inverness\/&text=Inverness\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/inverness\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Inverness1.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Tom isn&#8217;t really a morning person<\/p>\n<p>To awaken his sleepy spirits, as soon as we arrived at the airport we ordered a large breakfast and a hearty drink and indulged in a bit of people watching. When we got to our plane it was a tiny little shuttle with tiny propellers (for some reason this amused us no end).<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Inverness2.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/inverness\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Inverness2.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/inverness\/&text=Inverness\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/inverness\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Inverness2.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Once we arrived in Inverness, we went straight to the beautiful town and had a wonder through it&#8217;s delicious bakeries and pretty little shops.\u00a0 The weather was a little temperamental the whole time we were away and the river Ness that runs through the city broke it&#8217;s banks and flooded the surrounding areas. I of course in true diva style, I made sure that all the locals were aware of their impending danger!<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Inverness3NEW.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/inverness\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Inverness3NEW.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/inverness\/&text=Inverness\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/inverness\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Inverness3NEW.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>That night we decided to brave the blustery winds and go out for dinner, duly we ate our weight in tasty grub (one of our favourite pastimes), delicious!<\/p>\n<p>The next day, Tom took me to a cafe called Girvans, it was probably one of the nicest breakfast&#8217;s I have ever had! If you ever find yourself in Inverness we&#8217;d highly recommend it:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.girvansrestaurant.co.uk\/\">http:\/\/www.girvansrestaurant.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We decided to go bowling after breakfast. Tom absolutely thrashed me (beginners luck perhaps?), much hilarity ensued mocking each others bowling poses, apparently I have a lovely curtsy!<\/p>\n<p>On our last day, we decided to wander back into town and spent the day investigating the shops, and playing cards in the local pub. We went out for dinner at a beautiful and quaint local restaurant\/bar called \u201cThe Castle Tavern\u201d. The service and food was spot on and it was a perfect way to finish off a lovely weekend! Thank you tom \ud83d\ude00 x<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Inverness-4.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/inverness\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Inverness-4.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/inverness\/&text=Inverness\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/inverness\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Inverness-4.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n\n\t<ul id=\"socialbar\" class=\"x8\" style=\"margin-top:0px; float:left;\">\n\t\t<li class=\"tw\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/inverness\/&text=Inverness\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"pi\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/inverness\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"gp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/inverness\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/inverness\/&title=Inverness\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul><ul id=\"socialbar\" class=\"fb-live\">\n\t<li style=\"margin-top:1px\">\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/inverness\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\" data-action=\"like\"data-show-faces=\"false\" data-share=\"true\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\n\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Floors of Stone not only am I lucky enough to work in a lovely historic building, but I am also lucky enough to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=848"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1376,"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848\/revisions\/1376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}